Open CALL: Now WHAT?

Plan-B Art Festival will take place for the 5th time from August 6th to 9th 2020. Plan-B Art Festival is a contemporary art festival held every year in the small picturesque town of Borgarnes in the West Region of Iceland. A ca 1,5h outside of the capital, Reykjavík,

During this anniversary year we are facing times different to anything we have ever known caused by COVID-19. This is how ever an opportunity for growth, experiments and expansion, which happens to be what Plan-B is all about!

We call for artists to participate in the Plan-B Art Festival 2020. We ask artists to submit their proposals and CV's by e-mail to planbartfestival@gmail.com by midnight (in Iceland (GMT)) on the 26th of May. All inquires will be answered. Proposals can be fully developed artworks and projects or unformed ideas, adaptable to the variety of untraditional venues.

We ask artists to submit work from all fields of fine art. Artists chosen to participate will receive financial support for their participation.

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Additional information and guidelines regarding uncertain status or restrictions of events and gatherings. The festival will be held one way or the other:

Currently, we are facing restrictions of events and gatherings in Iceland due to the pandemic of COVID-19. These restrictions will serve as guidelines of how we would proceed with the festival if the situation will not change in any way.

The restrictions are following:Gatherings of more than 20 people in an event or venue are forbidden

People should keep the distance of 2 meters between them.

Plan-B´s answer to these guidelines are as following if the situation will not change:

A Car-theater form of streaming of performances and/or video works

Window-galleries in Borgarnes

An Outdoor exhibition/art works

Outdoor performances

Site specific works

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Feel free to contact us for any questions you might have at planbartfestival@gmail.com.